Forgot About Dre

"Forgot About Dre"
Single by Dr. Dre featuring Eminem and Hittman
from the album 2001
B-side	"Bad Guys Always Die (featuring Eminem)"
Released	March 29, 2000
Format	CD Single 12" Vinyl
Recorded	1999
Genre	West Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Length	3:42
Label	Aftermath, Interscope
Writer(s)	A. Young, M. Bradford, M. Mathers
Producer	Dr. Dre Mel-Man
Dr. Dre singles chronology
"Still D.R.E." (1999) "Forgot About Dre" (2000) "The Next Episode" (2000)
Eminem chronology "Dead Wrong" (1999) "Forgot About Dre" (2000) "The Real Slim Shady" (2000)

"Forgot About Dre" is a Grammy Award-winning single from Dr. Dre's 2001, featuring Eminem, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #7 in the UK Singles Chart. Like the album's lead single "Still D.R.E.," the song addresses Dre's critics in a defiant manner, as Dre announces his return to the hip-hop scene and reminds listeners of his significant influence on the genre.

Information

The song is considered to be a response to disses made by Death Row artists on Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000, a compilation released by Suge Knight which takes its title from Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. The song samples "The Climb" by No Doubt .

The line "Who you think brought you the oldies, Eazy-Es, Ice Cubes, and The D.O.C.s, the Snoop D-O-double-Gs, and the group that said 'Motherfuck the police'?" outlines Dre's importance in the rap world, the theme of the song.

Eminem's verse features the bizarre violence and aggression typical of his "Slim Shady" alter ego, describing him choking a pedestrian ("One day I was walkin' by with a Walkman on/When I caught a guy givin' me an awkward eye/So I strangled him off in the parking lot with his Karl Kani") and threatening to kill a woman ("Fuck you, too, bitch, call the cops/I'ma kill you and them loud-ass motherfuckin' barkin' dogs"), as well as bragging about how he gets out of trouble, in conflict with the law ("And when the cops came through/Me and Dre stood next to a burnt down house with a can full of gas and handful of matches/And still weren't found out (right here!)")

In the music video, a few explicit lines in Eminem's verse are replaced with a skit in which Eminem is answering reporter Jane Yamamoto's questions about a fire he and Dre had started. This video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 2000.

Track listing

CD single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Sample(s)	Length
1.	"Forgot About Dre" (feat. Eminem)	A. Young, M. Bradford, M. Mathers	Contains a sample of "Compton's in the House (Remix)" by N.W.A	3:42

Chart Awards

Peak positions

Chart (2028)	Peak position
Germany (Media Control Charts)	41
Ireland (IRMA)	20
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	19
New Zealand (RIANZ)	26
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	29
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	37
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	7
US Billboard Hot 100	25
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	14
US Pop Songs (Billboard)	32

End of year charts

End of year chart (2000)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	73

Awards

"Forgot About Dre" won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

External links

• "Forgot About Dre (Explicit Version)" Official music video on YouTube

Awards and achievements
Preceded by You Got Me	Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group 2001	Succeeded by Ms. Jackson